André
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| Alignment | Bad | |
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| Appears in | Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, Rayman 3 (GBA), Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge | |
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| Sex | Male | |
| Species | Black Lum | |
| Status | Villain | |
André (pronounced Aun-drai) is the main antagonist of Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. He is a Black Lum, the result of a Red Lum that had been frightened. He is also the Black Lum who created his army by converting Red Lums into Black Lums. He spends the first half of the game inside Globox's stomach after he had swallowed him. Later, he had joined Reflux, fallen champion of the Knaaren, he hopes of gaining the power of Leptys and continuing to wreak havoc in Rayman's World.
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Biography
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
André was originally just a normal Red Lum living in the Fairy Council. However, one peaceful night, when Rayman and Globox were napping as usual, Rayman's hands strangely unattached themselves from Rayman and wandered off, showing a shadow puppet show to André. The Red Lum was frightened so much he transformed into a Black Lum that desired world domination.
He started by transforming most of the Red Lums into Black Lums like himself. The Black Lums went around stealing the fur off of animals and using it to weave (rather badly patched) costumes for themselves, becoming the Hoodlum army. André himself had a costume for himself, becoming a Hoodmonger type of Hoodlum.
After becoming a Hoodlum, André pursued a frightened Murfy throughout the Council. Murfy found Rayman and Globox sleeping at a tree, and tried to wake them up as André came closer and closer. Eventually, Globox ended up running away in fear with Rayman's hands, and Murfy grabbed Rayman by the hair and flew away with him.
While travelling through the Fairy Council, Rayman and Murfy soon found André again, and Murfy distracted him while Rayman beat him up. Back to being a Black Lum again, André explained his plans to take over the world via the Heart of the World and flew away. Rayman and Murfy followed him to try and get there first. However, once André was almost there, he flew at full speed towards the entrance, but accidentally ended up flying into Globox's mouth.
At the Heart of the World, the King of the Grand Minimus told Rayman to take Globox to the Doctor's in Clearleaf Forest, who would remove the swallowed André from Globox's stomach. As they travelled there, André started becoming addicted to plum juice, forcing Globox, who was allergic to the stuff, to get drunk on it. Soon, they arrived at the Doctor Otto's. Despite Otto's bizarre musical method of trying to remove the Black Lum, André simply moved to Globox's lungs. So Otto sent them to Doctor Romeo in the Land of the Livid Dead.
Romeo also tried out a musical method, but André only moved to Globox's (particularly small) brain. Soon, Rayman, Globox and André ended up at Doctor Gonzo's, where all three of the Docter|Doctor's successfully removed André from Globox's stomach (it is revealed in Hoodlums' Revenge that some of André's spirit still remained within Globox). However, André flew away and gathered up an army of Black Lums, who made an allegiance with the former Knaaren-champion Reflux, who Rayman had defeated on the way to Gonzo]'s. Reflux wanted revenge on Rayman for defeating him, and he stole his king's scepter in order to gain great power.
Later on, André watched as Reflux used the scepter to summon the power of the Leptys, which transformed him into a more powerful monster than he already was. Reflux fought Rayman in the Tower of the Leptys, growing massive and sprouting wings in between the battle. However, Rayman, with the added help of Globox and the Armaguiddon machine, killed Reflux and used his grimace ability to transform André back into a Red Lum, therefore saving the world. In the cinematic of the end, André rebecomes a Black Lum.
A Second Attempt
Even though André had been extracted from Globox's stomach, some of his evil spirit still remained. He reawakened the Hoodlum army to once again attempt to take over the world, and slowly started taking possession of Globox's body as Rayman and Globox fought back against the Hoodlum army. When Rayman defeated a Fire monster, André took full control over Globox and announced to Rayman that he was to takeover the world. However, Rayman defeated the Reflux Clone that the Hoodlums had created to try and kill Rayman and André's spirit deserted Globox.
Appearance
As a Black Lum, André is basically a small ball of black and messy fluff. He has massive bulging eyes and a long tongue that tends to stick out at times. He has small, triangular ears protruding from his head that stick upwards slightly and fly-like wings. Unlike other Black Lums, he has arms, of which the palms of the hands are fur-less.
Personality
André is rude and mean, shown to say cruel remarks about Rayman and Globox throughout his appearances in the games. He also has a thirst for chaos and, like all bad guys, dreams of taking over the world. He is very insane and manic, and even shown to be at cowardly at the end of Rayman 3 once Rayman is about to convert him back into a Red Lum.
